Add another couple of athletes to the growing list of Laurentian Voyageurs who will compete at the OUA Indoor TRack & Field Championships on February 24th/25th in Windsor.

Kicking off the 2022-23 indoor season by competing at the Bob Vigars Season Opener hosted by Western University earlier this month, the Voyageurs were led by newcomer and MBA student Tre Ford (Niagara Falls) who placed 4th in the men's 60 metre sprint in a time of 7.07 seconds.

In the same race, second year architecture student Tristan Routhier (Saint-Sixte, QC) placed 8th with a new personal best time of 7.18 seconds. With these early season marks, both athletes have qualified to compete at the OUA Championships.

Routhier also placed 7th in the men's 200 metre event in a time of 23.78 seconds.

On the women's side, three Voyageurs competed in the 60 metres with second year kinesiology student Naomi Palmer (Sudbury) placing the best (17th), with a time of 8.51 seconds. Rookie and social work student Jessy Trottier (Hanmer) was ranked 23rd (8.89 seconds) while fifth year education student Shanica Thomas (Ottawa) was close behind (25th - 8.97 seconds).

"The sprint squad had a solid start to the season and we hope to add a few more OUA qualifiers over the next few months from this group," noted L.U. assistant coach Alexandre Noel de Tilly. "We have developed general sprint fitness and strength over the fall and will now focus on specific race elements as we head into the winter."

The team will return to action in January, competing at the University of Toronto Open on January 7th.